Bash script: difference in minutes between two times

Question

I have two time strings; eg. \"09:11\" and \"17:22\" on the same day (format is hh:mm). How do I calculate the time difference in minutes between these two?

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Answer 1

STARTTIME=$(date +%s)

YOUR CODES :

ENDTIME=$(date +%s)
secs=$(($ENDTIME - $STARTTIME))
printf 'Elapsed Time %dh:%dm:%ds\n' $(($secs/3600)) $(($secs%3600/60)) $(($secs%60))